Tiv'on Residents Evacuated; Even-Sapir Fire Controlled

Firefighting crews on the ground and in the air brought the fire near the Jerusalem-area community of Even-Sapir under control, Thursday afternoon. Some Even-Sapir residents had been evacuated after the fire flared up for the third time since it started on Wednesday.

Firefighters and police started evacuating residents of the Haifa-area community of Tiv'on, Thursday afternoon, following the spread of a forest fire that broke out between Tiv'on and Kibbutz Sha'ar Ha'amakim. Hacarmel Street, from which residents were removed, was closed to traffic.